POLITICAL (EDITORIAL) - INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000700210253-3
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 10, 2002
• Sequence Number: 253
• Publication Date: March 20, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Union of South Africa
SUBJECT Political (Editorial) - International
affairs
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspaper
WHERE
PUBLISHED Capetown
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ie BarFer, pro-government Ca~etown daily, featured an
editorial on 2 January 1953 deprecating the lack of cooperation
among the Western powers and the consequent effect on inter-
African unity. The article stressed the fact that the. proposed
Central African Federation is only a partial realization of the
policy of inter-African cooperation which Dr Malan has' repeatedly
advocated since 1948.7 ? I
In 1948, De Malan, then the newly elected Prime Minister of the Union of
South Africa, explained to the House of Assembly his policy of an African
11charter" and remarked: "This may sound idealistic today, but it must be our
goal."
During a recent interview with a New York Times correspondent, he restated
this policy. However, in view of present circumstances, instead of being ideal-
istic, it appears to contain very pertinent and timely advice.
The plan is by no means easy to carry out. Agreements among the Union of
South Africa, Great Britain, France, Belgium, and Portugal on such vital issues
as prevention of inmligration from Asia to Africa, development of white Christian
civilization among the African natives, and curtailment of Communist activities
are very d'.ff icult to achieve.
Africa today is threaten-'? by powers t::-.at wish to overthrow the existing
order. They advocate views wnicl, __ --lien to Western civilization and which
might result in turning Africa against the West.
The Central African Federation movement, which i., now under way on our
northern boundary, is striving to acquire strength through closer cooperation in
the st:uggle to keep the Rhodesian in the Western bloc. The efforts of this move-
ment will inevitably result in failure, unless they become part of collective
cooperation on a much broader scale.
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In the UN and elsewhere, a well-calculated campaign against coloni-
alism in Africa is being conducted by the uomnunist bloc under USSR leader-
ship and the Asiatic bloc under Indian leadership. Concurrently, the Soviet
Union and India are striving to establish themselves in Africa. Both employ
similar tactiesj which place emphasis on the idea that the black man must be
saved from his white oppressors.
Theoretically, India opposes colonialism, but in reality, she has al-
ready made considerable progress in colonizing East Africa from Natal to the
Gulf of Aden and from Mombasa to the Congolese border.
These powers work with purpose and direction. Opposed to them, the
Western nations, grouped in a loose community, are not only unable to agree
on a mutual defence policy, but, moreover, indulge in open criticism of one
another. This is not the way to keep Africa on the side of the Western bloc.
It has become only too evident that the Western nations must cooperate
with one another to reach a common solution to their collective problems. Dr.
Malan's proposal, therefore, must be examined from the standpoint of such a
common solution.
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